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No. 568,706. 'Patente'd Sept. 29;, 1896 a if UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CHARLES F. SHIPMAN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO HENRY COPPERTHITE, OF SAME PLACE.

CABINET OR SAFE FOR PIES, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,706, datedSeptember 29, 1896.

Application filed January 7, 1896.

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. SHIPMAN, of Washington, in the Districtof Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCabinets or Safes for Pies,

&c.; and do I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my safe orcabinet; Fig. 2, a vertical section thereof on a line from front torear, and Fig. 3 is a detail viewof one of the rack-sections.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the severalfigures.

The object of my invention is to provide a cabinet or safe for pies andother articles of food which will be of simple and inexpensiveconstruction and adapted for easy and thorough cleaning; and to this endsaid invention consists in the cabinet or safe constructed substantiallyas hereinafter described.

The purpose that I have had more especially in view is the provision ofa cabinet or safe for displaying pies for sale in lunchrooms,eating-houses, &c., and in the construction of the same I employ arectangular base or bottom A, uprights B and B at the four cornersthereof, which support a top C, and ends D and D and front E, formed ofplates of glass suitably held in place. The rear of the cabinet isclosed by two sliding doors F and F, that consist each of an open frameto which is attached aperforated plate or a sheet of wire cloth ornetting. Said doors are adapted to be moved alongside of each other inparallel ways or grooves a and a and c and 0, provided, respectively, inthe upper side of the base A and the under side of the top 0, and enableaccess to the interior of the cabinet for the placing therein or theremoval therefrom of pics The pics, in pans'or plates, are supportedwithin the cabinet upon a rack composed of two similar frames thatconsist each of several, as shown, three, equidistant posts G and G,connected by and supporting a number of parallel horizontal bars or rodsH and H, that, with the exception of the top one, are

preferably round in cross-section. Each pair Serial No. 574,587. (Nomodel.)

of round bars of the two frames that are in the same horizontal planeforms a support for a pie.

The two frames forming the rack are placed removably in the cabinet, andfor their insertion therein and removal therefrom the top 0 is providedwith a rectangular opening a and a hinged cover I for closing the same.For the support of said frames a vertical groove 0 is provided in eachside wall of the top opening for the engagement of the two end posts Gand G of the frame, and at the lower end of each of the three posts isprovided a pointed'pin ordowel g to engage a suitable opening in thebase A.

The object in making the rack removable is to enable the same and theinterior of the cabinet to be readily cleaned, and this purpose asrespects the rack is materially contributed to by making the latter ofseparate and unconnected or independent frames; and this construction ofthe rack is also advantageous because of its simpler construction ascompared with a rack formed of connected frames. The latterconstruction, however, I contemplate using, and I consider the same aswithin the scope of my invention.

By employing the pins 9 at the bottoms of the frame-posts as a means forholding the frame in place no projections exist to obstruct the easy andthorough cleaning of the bottom of the cabinet when said frames areremoved; but while I prefer such means for holding the frames at theirlower ends other means may be employed therefor,- such, for instance, asvertical grooves in cleats or strips corresponding to the grooves c forholding the frames at their upper ends.

My cabinet can be given a neat and attractive appearance. It is light,so as to be 0 easily portable, and can be readily and thoroughlycleaned.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A cabinet or safehaving an opening in 5 its side closed by doors that slide past eachother in opening and closing, a suitably-covered opening in its top, andprovided with a removable rack composed of vertical and horizontal barsconnected together, articles upon the rack being accessible through saidengage openings in the cabinet-bottom, subside opening, and the rackitself being adaptstantially as and for the purpose set forth. ed to bepassed through the opening in the In testimony that I claim theforegoing I top, substantially as and for the purpose have hereunto setmy hand this 24th day of 5 specified. December, 1895.

2. A cabinet or safe havin an o )ening in a T its top and provided witha raek e onsisting CHARLES SHIP} {A of two separately-removable frames,each of \Vitnesses: which at its sides engages grooves in the Jos.BARRES, 1o cabinet, and has pins at its lower end that \V. E. VANDEUSEN.

